Nutritional Status Assessment of Minodar Residence in Qazvin City, Iran: Vitamin D Deficiency in Sunshine Country, a Public Health Issue

Nutritional status assessment of Minodar residence in Qazvin city, Iran: vitamin D deficiency in sunshine country, a public health issue.

INTRODUCTION Nutrition has main effect on health or disease and results of nutrition assessment can be used in health planning of communities. Therefore we aimed to conduct the nutrition assessment especially vitamin D statue of an urban region in Qazvin city. METHODS In a cross sectional study in year 2011, subjects who were randomly selected from residents of aged ≥ 20 years old in Minodar,...

the impact of e-readiness on ec success in public sector in iran the impact of e-readiness on ec success in public sector in iran

acknowledge the importance of e-commerce to their countries and to survival of their businesses and in creating and encouraging an atmosphere for the wide adoption and success of e-commerce in the long term. the investment for implementing e-commerce in the public sector is one of the areas which is focused in government‘s action plan for cross-disciplinary it development and e-readiness in go...

Vitamin D Deficiency: A Neglected Truth in Iran

Abundant sunshine and vitamin D deficiency.

In this issue of the British Journal of Nutrition, Islam et al. (1) and Woo et al. (2) present data from Bangladesh and China showing a high prevalence of poor vitamin D status in women of childbearing age combined with a concurrent elevation in plasma parathyroid hormone (PTH) concentration. These reports add to the growing evidence of a high prevalence of vitamin D insufficiency in countries ...

Vitamin D Status in Jirof City Population, South of Iran, 2015-2019

Background and Aims: Vitamin D plays an important role in bone health, cardiovascular health, brain development, immune system regulation, mood regulation, and cancer prevention. This study aimed to evaluate the vitamin D status and the prevalence of vitamin D deficiency in Jirof city, Kerman Province, south of Iran. Materials and Methods: In this cross-sectional study, 5243 people were select...